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There was a time when everyone smoked cigarettes because the dangers of smoking hadn't been discovered yet. But did the public have any idea that cigarettes produced negative health effects? How did they explain away coughing fits and other respiratory problems associated with smoking regularly?

3311 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Did the very first civilizations know that they were the first civilizations? Did they have some sort of sense of their ancestors being nomads, or did they have no clue about the history of humanity?

664 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Did people in 999 AD celebrate the new millennium? Were there any doomsday predictions similar to Y2K?

225 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Write a story with a clearly defined genre. Halfway through the story, something big happens and the genre is completely changed.

150 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Are there any generally unpopular historical theories that you personally subscribe to?

97 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] Hitler did not commit suicide. He was captured and put on trial in an international court. Write about the trial.

52 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Where in history do we get the whole "throw tomatoes at a bad performer" thing? Was this ever actually a thing?

12 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When a small bug looks at me, what does it "see," if that's the right word? Does it perceive me? Do my movements look insanely large to them?

11 upvotes • r/askscience

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Did people actually used to think that there were Martians on Mars? Or was that never actually a popular theory among scientists and/or the public?

11 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What was the first civilization that smoked? How did they know which plants to smoke, and that smoking produced the intended effects?

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There was a time when everyone smoked cigarettes because the dangers of smoking hadn't been discovered yet. But did the public have any idea that cigarettes produced negative health effects? How did they explain away coughing fits and other respiratory problems associated with smoking regularly?	3311	AskHistorians
Did the very first civilizations know that they were the first civilizations? Did they have some sort of sense of their ancestors being nomads, or did they have no clue about the history of humanity?	664	AskHistorians
Did people in 999 AD celebrate the new millennium? Were there any doomsday predictions similar to Y2K?	225	AskHistorians
Write a story with a clearly defined genre. Halfway through the story, something big happens and the genre is completely changed.	150	WritingPrompts
Are there any generally unpopular historical theories that you personally subscribe to?	97	AskHistorians
[WP] Hitler did not commit suicide. He was captured and put on trial in an international court. Write about the trial.	52	WritingPrompts
Where in history do we get the whole "throw tomatoes at a bad performer" thing? Was this ever actually a thing?	12	AskHistorians
When a small bug looks at me, what does it "see," if that's the right word? Does it perceive me? Do my movements look insanely large to them?	11	askscience
Did people actually used to think that there were Martians on Mars? Or was that never actually a popular theory among scientists and/or the public?	11	AskHistorians
What was the first civilization that smoked? How did they know which plants to smoke, and that smoking produced the intended effects?	10	AskHistorians